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Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Oct 6 19:57:14 2026 -0500
[doc,groff(7)]: Apply terminological discipline.
Refer to "supplemental inter-sentence space" as such, not casually as
"extra space".
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 3 ++-
man/groff.7.man.in | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 61e318310..c5bd0fbf6 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -15557,7 +15557,8 @@ character, and enjoys several applications.
@itemize @bullet
@item
-Prevent insertion of extra space after an end-of-sentence character.
+Prevent insertion of supplemental inter-sentence space
+after an end-of-sentence character.
@Example
Test.
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man.in b/man/groff.7.man.in
index 0ce546a6c..4ad3de5b6 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man.in
+++ b/man/groff.7.man.in
@@ -2197,8 +2197,8 @@ which is constitutive of output but invisible.
Its presence alters the interpretation context of a subsequent input
character,
and enjoys several applications:
-preventing the insertion of extra space after an end-of-sentence
-character,
+preventing insertion of supplemental inter-sentence space
+after an end-of-sentence character,
preventing interpretation of a control character at the beginning of an
input line,
preventing kerning between two glyphs,
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